Truth and Truthmakers. Cambridge Studies in Philosophy

by D.M. Armstrong

Truths are determined not by what we believe, but by the way the world is. Or so realists about truth believe. Philosophers call such theories correspondence theories of truth. Truthmaking theory, which now has many adherents among contemporary philosophers, is the most recent development of a realist theory of truth, and in this book D. M. Armstrong offers the first full-length study of this theory. He examines its applications to different sorts of truth, including contingent truths, modal truths, truths about the past and the future, and mathematical truths. In a clear, even-handed and non-technical discussion he makes a compelling case for truthmaking and its importance in philosophy. His book marks a significant contribution to the debate and will be of interest to a wide range of readers working in analytical philosophy.

Genres: Philosophy, Metaphysics

158 pages, ebook

First published May 27, 2004

About the author

David Malet Armstrong (born 8 July 1926), often D. M. Armstrong, is an Australian philosopher. He is well-known for his work on metaphysics and the philosophy of mind, and for his defence of a factualist ontology, a functionalist theory of the mind, an externalist epistemology, and a necessitarian conception of the laws of nature. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2008.

Reviews

[Ms. Ballister · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read and annotated this book as a Christmas gift to my boyfriend! Not sure how to rate it because it was mostly over my head! Some questions this book asked...

- What is the truthmaker for ????
- What does it mean to weigh 4kg????
- What is 7????

Anyway, this book was actually about a lot of things but no time to explain atm.